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GCYSL Board Meeting
January 12, 2006
Minutes
 
Call to Order: Sophia Meyer called the meeting to order at 6:06pm.
Roll Call: Sophia Meyer, Steve Schaf! fer, Dan Vielhauer, Jim Oebker, Sandi Bownas, Thomas Breiter, Chuck Hemmert, Steve Langley, Cathy Ivazes.
President Sophia Meyer discussed board appointments individually prior to meeting. Steve Schaffer motioned, “to approve all Board appointments as previously discussed.” Jim 2nd the motion. All in favor. Motion approved. Board appointments are:
Vice-President and Metro Coordinator: Dan Vielhauer
Secretary: Cathy Ivazes    
Registrar: Sandi Bownas
Treasurer: Hosea Bostic has continued as our treasurer but Chuck Hemmert will be learning the job in an effort to relieve Hosea in the future.
Coaching Director: Steve Langley
Referee Director: Jim Oebker
Fields Coordinator: Steve Schaffer
Volunteer Coordinator: Leslie Nemeth
Webmaster: Thomas Breiter
Dan Kumetat has offered to continue as GCYSL’s Competitive League Representative to CYSA unless the league dissolves due to the growing US Soccer program.
 
 November 2005 Minutes: Steve S motioned to approve, Dan V 2nd, all in favor. Motion approved.
 
New Business:
Discussion of whether GCYSL needs a seeding tournament
Ben! efits- Teams enjoyed the experience, referees gained early experience, helpful in placing teams in large brackets, new coaches especially benefited from the experience. Need to improve- spacing and timing of games, need field marshals, make groups smaller.
 
MLS Camps: GCYSL will not use MLS for camps this year due to better offers from-
  1. British Challenge Soccer- who provide professional teachers
  2. Cleats (Our Metro Trainers)- run camps ! as well as specialty clinics
  3. Sierra College- wants to start doing camps
Sophia, Dan V and Dan K will continue to deal with the camps.
 
Committee Reports
Fields-The broken goal at Sierra College has been fixed but now another is breaking.
Steve S has been working with a retired PG&E worker who wants to bid on install! ing the high nets at Sierra College. Steve’s research into nets, poles and installation was presented with cost varying depending on size of netting. The board agrees with Steve that golf netting would best suit our long-term needs. Total overall pricing should be around $6,000.00. GCYSL may be able to offset some of this cost with donation from PG&E with pole installation. Motion by Chuck, 2nd by Sandi, “ GCYSL will install nets at the Sierra College field.” Discussion of cost v benefits, all in favor. Motion passed.
Steve would like to redo how we pay for fields. GCYSL should continue paying for striping the fields, but assigning volunteers (preferably specific families) to set up and take down nets and flags.
 
Metro: We should have about 17 metro teams this year. Try-out dates and times to be determined.
Sierra College will be taking over scheduling their field. Due to growth in the areas adjacent to this field we may be losing parking on that street at some time this next year. The softball field there will be used more also, possibly wanting to install lights on our net poles if they are strong enough.
Pictures: The new companies soliciting our league to handle our team photos were all out of town. We will continue with our current contract with SPORTS Photography in Auburn.
 
Registration: Sandi would like to see the development of a pre-school age soccer program, like small clinics, held outside the soccer season, in order to further develop skills and connections to soccer prior to our getting them.
 
Correspondence: Sophia will be preparing the newsletter to send out January 29th.
 
Good of the Game: Starting World Cup Friendlies.
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Meeting adjourned at 7:20pm.
 
Minutes submitted by Cathy Ivazes